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Sidbury Camp

Wiltshire, England · Atlas EN0390

Sidbury Camp is a partial contour fort in Tidworth, Wiltshire, England.

Other names on the record: Chidbury and Sidbury Hillfort.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and rubble, and an enclosed area of 7 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop, at 220 m, and facing northwest.

Recorded land use includes commercial forestry and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as C - Low.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1010138).

Location

Atlas number
EN0390 (390)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Wiltshire
Historic county
Wiltshire
Parish, community, or townland
Tidworth
National Grid reference
SU21645054
Latitude
51.25364
Longitude
-1.69130
Altitude
220 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 2, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
5
Enclosed area
7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and rubble
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
annex and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North west); In-turned (North west); Hornwork (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
northwest
Land use
commercial forestry and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1810); Other (1887); Excavation (1957); Other (2002); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Earthwork Survey (1983-2005); Excavation (1801-1900)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1010138
HER
Wiltshire and Swindon MWI18414
National record
record SU 25 SW 37; monument 224525
Wikidata
Q31116695

Sources

References

  1. Bradley, R., Entwistle, R. and Raymond, F. 1994. Prehistoric land divisions on Salisbury Plain: the work of the Wessex Linear Ditches Project, English Heritage Archaeol Rep No 2, London: English Heritage.
  2. Colt Hoare, R.C. 1810. The Ancient History of Wiltshire, 1, London: Miller.
  3. McOmish, D., Field, D. and Brown, G. 2002. The Field Archaeology of the Salisbury Plain Training Area. London: HMSO.
  4. Megaw, J.V.S. 1967: Notes on Iron Age and Neolithic material from Sidbury Camp, Wilts Archaeol Natur Hist Mag, 62, 115-17.
  5. Pugh, R.B. and Crittall, E. 1957. A history of Wiltshire, 1.1, The Victoria History of the Counties of England, London: OUP, 92, 26B.